As you may have, heard the US Soccer Federation--and therefore Virginia Youth Soccer Association (our umbrella organization) has decided to switch back to the CALENDAR YEAR (instead of August 1) to determine player age, starting with seasonal year 2016-17.
The method of calculating Player Age is that for a given Seasonal Year--16-17, for instance--the player's age is determined by how old the player will turn in the Calendar Year of the second half of the seasonal year. So a player born in 2000 turning 17 in November 2017, is a U17 for seasonal year 16-17, even though he may only be 15 at the start of Fall 2016.
Below is a useful table.
Thanks,
Paul
